Brief Life History of Joshua P.
When Joshua P. Craig was born about 1834, in Monroe, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel Craig, was 29 and his mother, Nancy Potts, was 29. He married Elizabeth Nowell on 5 March 1857, in Noble, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Marion Township, Noble, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Ohio, United States in 1870. He died in 1875, at the age of 42, and was buried in Eastern Cemetery, Summerfield, Noble, Ohio, United States.
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- Joshua Craig in household of Samuel Craig, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joshua P Craig - Government record: birth-name: Joshua Craig
- Joshua P Craig, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived near a steep or precipitous rock, Older Scots crag, craig. Compare the synonymous English Cragg .
Manx: either a shortened form of Gaelic Mac Concharraige ‘son of Cu Charraige (‘hound of the rock’) or possibly of Mac Thorveig ‘son of Thorveig’, from the Old Norse personal name Thórveig (from the god's name Thórr + veig ‘pith, strength’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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